Reality: About 1 out of 10 viral infections (colds, flu), instead of just being cleared by your body, knocks down your defenses so that you get a secondary bacterial infection such as sinusitis, pneumonia, ear infection (otitis), or bacterial bronchitis.

Also, the Wild's new regime was concerned about a backlash from Burns' agent, Ron Salcer, who blasted the Wild's medical staff and its old regime the year before for diagnosing Burns with "sinusitis" rather than a concussion.